diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc9e4e855..b663ddae9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
      [ssh-keygen.c]
      refuse to generate keys longer than OPENSSL_[RD]SA_MAX_MODULUS_BITS,
      since we would refuse to use them anyway. bz#1516; ok dtucker@
+   - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2010/04/26 22:28:24
+     [sshconnect2.c]
+     bz#1502: authctxt.success is declared as an int, but passed by
+     reference to function that accepts sig_atomic_t*. Convert it to
+     the latter; ok markus@ dtucker@
 
 20100423
  - (dtucker) [configure.ac] Bug #1756: Check for the existence of a lib64 dir
diff --git a/sshconnect2.c b/sshconnect2.c
index e146a4b26..4c379ae59 100644
--- a/sshconnect2.c
+++ b/sshconnect2.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: sshconnect2.c,v 1.182 2010/04/16 01:47:26 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sshconnect2.c,v 1.183 2010/04/26 22:28:24 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2000 Markus Friedl.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2008 Damien Miller.  All rights reserved.
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ struct Authctxt {
 	const char *host;
 	const char *service;
 	Authmethod *method;
-	int success;
+	sig_atomic_t success;
 	char *authlist;
 	/* pubkey */
 	Idlist keys;